National Demographics
Religious Affiliation
Chart source: Pew-Templeton Global Religious Futures Project, 2010
Total Population
6,132,932 1
Urban
36.40% 1
Rural
63.60% 1
Immigrants as % of Population
3.4% 2
Homicides
5.12 per 100,000 people (global median 6.9) 3
Level of Public Corruption
136 (1=lowest, 176=highest corruption) 4
Gender Equality in the Economy, Health, Education and Politics
81 (1=most equal, 144=least equal) 7
Fertility Rate
3.06 births per adult woman 5
Children Who Do Not Live to Age 5
2.10% 5
Life Expectancy at Birth
71 years 5
Adult Literacy Rate
99.24% 5
Internet Users
28% 5
Gross National Income per Capita
US$1,250 5
Population Living Below US$1.90 per Day
2.9% 5
Catholic Demographics
These statistics are derived from the Vatican's official publication, Statistical Yearbook of the Church 2020 (Vatican City: Librera Editrice Vaticana, 2022). The numbers may differ from data reported by other sources on this site.
Baptized Catholics
1,000
Baptized Catholics as % of Total Population
0.01
Baptisms per Year (Under age 7)
12
Baptisms per Year (Over age 7)
8
First Communions per Year
15
Confirmations per Year
46
Church Marriages per Year
1
Church Marriages in Which Both Spouses are Catholics
1
Priests
7
Women Religious (Nuns & Sisters)
7
Catholics per Priest
84
Parishes
3